Le GFY chefs, any suggestions pour la Steak?

[scottybuzz]

I am cooking loads of steak at the moment and its tasting good, but I want to spice/liven things up a little. Im sick of the same old steak.
So help me out

at the moment, I have been grilling it, adding chopped onions, herbs and garlic onto it. But I am looking out for more ideas.

So if you have any cheeky suggestions post them here and help me have a good steak!


thanks

[kowalsky]

What about a salse with onion, cream and mushrooms?

[stephane76]

Allow meat to marinate for about 5-6 hours.

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup of finely diced onion
juice of 2 lemons
5 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro
3 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons crumbled bay leaves
2 teaspoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric

PREPARATION:
Combine all ingredients. Mix well and store, refrigerated, in an air tight container.

Thank me later

[Silly Guy]

same phase right here at the moment...

at the moment i just do it on the foreman and eat it with some bought sauces

tired of experimenting...

[polish_aristocrat]

i NEVER cook anything, lol

going to pick up food from a restaurant right now again...

[munki]

Lawrys Jerk Chicken marinade...

Sounds wierd... but just try it...

I prefer smoked meat with the combo.

[Kimmykim]

Grill a nice NY strip and have a gorgonzola/mushroom sauce with it. foodnetwork.com has a ton of great recipes.

[Jman]

Montreal Steak Spice, you can find them pretty much everywhere

[RawAlex]

Take a large freezer bag or covered container.

Put in a goodly amount of diced and smashed garlic and ginger. Add in a bit of soy sauce, chinese rice wine vinegar, and two or three spoons of chinese crush chili paste. Stir this mixture up, it will be very thick.

Take your steak, and make sure you cover both sides of it with the mixture. You will likely have to cover one side, then flip it over. Seal the container and refrigerate for 6 hours or longer.

Heat a grill pan or similar to a fairly high heat. Place the steak in the pan. It will almost certainly smoke. Cook the outside quickly, turn over, and then place the pan and steak in a 300 degree oven until desired doneness on the inside is reached (use a meat thermo to get what you want).

Your steak will be juicy, it will be tasty, and it will be spicy as a mofo.

Enjoy.

(You can use this same technique on a roast beef or similar. The taste is amazing, but very spicy. Cafeful on the chili paste

[artman]

salt + pepper, med. rare with crumbled blue cheese on top

[shannmarie]

If you have time to marinate it for at least an hour in the fridge....

1/2 cup red wine (not cooking wine, or blah table wine -- wine that you'd actually drink)

1/2 cup oil

4 Tbl molasses (you can use honey, but molasses tastes a lot more rich)

3-4 cloves of fresh garlic, minced

2 Tbl Steak Seasoning (I like McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning -- but if you've got another favorite, by all means)

Depending on how you like your steak, you can add a lil more salt & pepper, but with the seasoning, you could omit it.

--Mix it together with a whire whisk... the molasses might be a bitch -- amalgamate to the best of your ability

--Marinate in the refrigerator for at least an hour

--After you marinate it a bit, the wine will have added a color to the steaks. Sprinkle a lil more of your steak seasoning, then throw on the grill.

*Great with Roasted Potatoes:

Slice up some little red potatoes, or those lil golden ones and throw into a bowl.

Sprinkle olive oil into it, and mix around with your hands just to coat the potatoes.

Then throw in that same steak seasoning and mix around to lightly coat and season the oiled potatoes.

Put it in a baking dish lined with foil, and loosely seal the ends of the foil leaving a fat air pocket inside (to give it space to steam up, but leaving a vent at the same time. Bake it at 350 degrees until the potatoes are tender (takes a while, maybe like 45 to an hour)

If you want it browned a lil more afterwards, turn up the heat to 400, and open the foil to expose the potatoes and burn em to how you like it.

[shannmarie]

If you have time to marinate it for at least an hour in the fridge....

1/2 cup red wine (not cooking wine, or blah table wine -- wine that you'd actually drink)

1/2 cup oil

4 Tbl molasses (you can use honey, but molasses tastes a lot more rich)

3-4 cloves of fresh garlic, minced

2 Tbl Steak Seasoning (I like McCormick Montreal Steak Seasoning -- but if you've got another favorite, by all means)

Depending on how you like your steak, you can add a lil more salt & pepper, but with the seasoning, you could omit it.

--Mix it together with a wire whisk... the molasses might be a bitch -- amalgamate to the best of your ability

--Marinate in the refrigerator for at least an hour

--After you marinate it a bit, the wine will have added a color to the steaks. Sprinkle a lil more of your steak seasoning, then throw on the grill.

*Great with Roasted Potatoes:

Slice up some little red potatoes, or those lil golden ones and throw into a bowl.

Sprinkle olive oil into it, and mix around with your hands just to coat the potatoes.

Then throw in that same steak seasoning and mix around to lightly coat and season the oiled potatoes.

Put it in a baking dish lined with foil, and loosely seal the ends of the foil leaving a fat air pocket inside (to give it space to steam up, but leaving a vent at the same time. Bake it at 350 degrees until the potatoes are tender (takes a while, maybe like 45 to an hour)

If you want it browned a lil more afterwards, turn up the heat to 400, and open the foil to expose the potatoes and burn em to how you like it.

[L-Pink]

Look up Morton's steak house and order their steak-book. Keeping it simple but following their advise for perfect steaks is what you need. Seriously, Lee

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by Kimmykim

Grill a nice NY strip and have a gorgonzola/mushroom sauce with it. foodnetwork.com has a ton of great recipes.

Mmmm...Gorgonzola butter:

Butter Recipe Using Gorgonzola
Favorite Restaurant Recipe
Preparation time: 10 minutes. Servings: 15.

Ingredients:

1 pound soft butter
2/3 pound Gorgonzola cheese (use a stronger blue cheese if you like a stronger flavor, see Blue Cheese Butter )
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon fleshly ground black pepper
Instructions:

Cream the butter until smooth
Gently fold in the Gorgonzola cheese, Worcestershire and fresh pepper (some pieces - small chunks - of cheese should remain)
Roll in plastic wrap, twist ends and store in refrigerator
Cut into slices to top steaks
Now that wasn't difficult, was it? :-)

Please remember to do some experimenting with this basic restaurant recipe for Gorgonzola Butter.

Gorgonzola melts easily and can be incorporated quickly into mayonnaise, butter and sour cream for sauces, dips and dressings. Add a few shallots, or thyme or rosemary or basil or parsley or ...??? Your choice!

Also, there are several good recipes for Cabernet sauce...

Bon apetit,

ADG

[harvey]

recipe for "chimichurri", this is the classic dressing for Argentinian meat, so being it the best meat in the world that means something

1 part of grinded red pepper
2 parts of oregano (wild marjoram)
garlic as desired
oil (I prefer olive, some people likes sunflower or mixed oil, as you like)
a touch of alcohol or wine vinegar
salt
black pepper (if desired)

you can use it while you're roasting the meat and after that, no need to marinate


2nd most common recipe for Argentinian meat

Salsa Criolla (Creole Sauce)
Chopped tomato, onion, garlic and paisley as desired, add water, a touch of vinegar and olive oil. Salt, black pepper and you're done, it's delicious

[Noe]

Sauteed onions and mushrooms are nice. You could try a nice bernaise sauce also.

[leftsans]

i like gorgonzola and every thing but i still think the best way is to rub with salt and pepper (or montreal steak seasoning), and broil it in a pool of worcestshire sauce (you can just crimp some tinfoil into a "bowl " and plop the steak in it) EASY

[LiveDose]

Good quality meat salt & peppered is my favorite. You can also get some nice steak dry rubs at your local grocery store or check some cookbooks for herb dry rubs.

Yum, I think I will go pick up some ribeyes at Fresh Market tonight. Thanks for the idea...

[LLCoolRay]

Ok! well here is a recipe that in concocted while getting my DVS.

This recipe will give you one of the most tasteful and delicious steak that you can imagine. Most important once you have the desired tenderness, make sure to seal the flavour with a single cube of butter! This is KEY!

1 small onion, chopped
As many cloves of garlic that you want!
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce ( substitute; Chipotley, tamarind, Any kind of sauce) Be creative use your imagination if you want.
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary (you can change the Cilantro or Dill)
2 tablespoons Dijon-style prepared mustard
2 teaspoons salt (sea salt it's better for the body)
1 teaspoon black pepper (fresh ground) if available
1 (2 pound) tri-tip steak (or meat of choice) works with Chicken as well!

This is really simple!

Place onion, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, rosemary, mustard, salt, and pepper into a bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth. Place steak in a large resealable plastic bag. Pour marinade over steaks, seal, and refrigerate for about 3 hours minimum marinade time 1 hour if you're pressed for time.

Once you've finished brushing your grill with olive oil and placed the steaks coat the steaks with additional marinade if you like otherwise you can discard the left over marinade.

Cook for 6-7 minutes per side, or to desired tenderness. (don't forget the cube of butter) the key to the perfect steak!

Enjoy!

LLCoolRay

[~Ray]

Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

Montreal Steak Spice, you can find them pretty much everywhere

that's good stuff

[Dirty Lord]

After all of that I´m hungry.... Think I´ll have some Salmon Temakis... Hmmmm....

[tony286]

I like it simple cover it with kosher salt and grill to med rare. Yummy.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by tony404

I like it simple cover it with kosher salt and grill to med rare. Yummy.

Make sure it's room temperature for 45 minutes then follow the above advise ..... perfect

[LeRoy]

I am part Mexican and part Filipino.

Plan A- Beans, Rice and Tortillas

Plan B - White rice the sticky kind

[JohnnyJames]

Au poivre

Run a search. It will taste incredibly gourmet (peppercorns and shrooms) and is easy to make.

Steak Diane is another.

Use top-shelf liquor where the booze is required. It DOES mean the difference between shitty results and gourmet.

[Spunky]

Some great recipes .bookmarked for future reference

[purplehaze]

Originally Posted by Spunky

Some great recipes .bookmarked for future reference

for sure! i had no idea there were so many good cooks here. we should have a cook-off!

my fav; doesn't need long to marinate if you tenderize it first or fork it a bit (not all the way through, just enough to pierce it and tenderize):

soy sauce
vinegar
olive oil
sugar (preferably brown, but white'll do)
ginger
garlic
salt
pepper

[scottybuzz]

thanks all great suggestions, another reason why gfy is the no1 resource for non adult related enquiries

[JohnnyJames]

I also bookmarked it. I am in Florida, where the beef sucks ass.

One way to counter this is to be able to actually cook it properly.

When I leved in Nebraska, you could microwave the beef and it was still amazing. Okay, slight exaggeration, but not by much.

[scottybuzz]

JONNY JAMES you are an oct noob i am a may 2006 noob REPSECT MY AUTHROIRY!

[JohnnyJames]

Hehe Scotty. I respect everyone automatically, but I also know that everyone (almost) will give me reason to revoke that respect. Sooner usually, later mostly, but always, with the exception of a treasured few I will do business with for many years.

[rip raster]

I had steak for dinner every night last week, I guess you could say that I really enjoy a good steak.

The Safeway in our area recently added a "AAA" meat counter when they renovated and every week they have a different cut of steak on special. Last week it was the strip loin (New York cut) which along with the rib eye is my favorite cut. The marbling in those cuts is what gives them their flavour and tenderness.

I have several ways in which I tend to cook steak, they are all pretty basic. The great thing about steak is that it is very versatile and can be cooked many different ways, you really have to experiment to find out what your personal preference is.

These are a few of my favorite ways to prepare steak.

1. Traditional BBQ Sauce:

Rub the steak in olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, steak spice from a local meat store (Tenderland Meats, on Granville Island) it's their own blend basically just sea salt garlic and various herbs and spices with no MSG, any steak spice will do though, or none at all it's optional. Then slather the top of the steak in your favorite BBQ sauce I personally like "Cattleman's". Then top the steak with a few pats of butter and toss it on the BBQ. Grill on high heat for approx 3 min searing the bottom then flip it add some more BBQ sauce and cook for another 3 min or so depending on the thickness of the steak. This is for a med rare steak add roughly another 1 or 2 min for med, another 1 to 2 min for medium well to well done.

2. Minced Garlic:

Same as above but no BBQ sauce and add fresh minced garlic.

3. Spicy Hp Louisiana:

Rub the steak in olive oil, fresh ground black pepper, slather the top with HP Sauce and Louisiana hot sauce top it with a few pats of butter and cook the same as above.

MARINATION
You could also marinate the steaks in the above sauces for a bolder flavour. I tend to only marinate sirloins just because they are not as tender as a strip loin or the rib eye, and marinating the steak tenderizes the meat.

Hopefully this helps and you will enjoy these recipes Bon appetite

[JohnnyJames]

Gonna try one of these this weekend. Anyone care to vote on which? Will happily post the results Monday.

I love the chance to try out new meat recipes. Pun intended, ya freaks!

[scottybuzz]

post pictures too johnnyjames, ps sorry about last night, drank too much

[ungratefulninja]

The owner of my favorite local Thai place recommended a simple marinade:

Cavender's Greek Seasoning and tequila.

[who]

You never have to marinate or spice good steak. Salt and pepper should be the limit.

[ungratefulninja]

I picked up a dry-aged stripsteak for a birthday party. It only got kosher salt and fresh pepper. Unfortunately we were all drunk while grilling. It was still pretty fuckin' good, though.

[Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE]

a good steak needs no added ingredients...

[JohnnyJames]

Originally Posted by Jaysin

a good steak needs no added ingredients...

True. But most steaks are NOT good. Unless you have access to a meatcutter that knows what he's doing and HE has great beef, or live in one of the states famous for beef, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, SD/ND, etc.

I understand Australian beef is also excellent.

Florida was actually known for beef at one time. No idea why. It sucks. I have beef shipped in from Nebraska and BBQ items from Kansas City periodically just to keep tht "real beef" fresh in my mind.

[RebelR]

Originally Posted by Kimmykim

Grill a nice NY strip and have a gorgonzola/mushroom sauce with it. foodnetwork.com has a ton of great recipes.

AMEN, nothing better than Steak and Blue cheese.. even a simple blue cheese butter melted on top will do